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MARCH 16, 2015

Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Technology report that fatty acid esters can be used as cetane improvers for diesel fuel produced via direct coal liquefaction (DCL). Compared to petrodiesel, diesel from direct coal liquefaction (DDCL) contains almost no sulfur. A paper on theier work is published in the journal Fuel.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The study used satellite-derived aerosol optical depth measurements, ground based observations, and air quality simulations to evaluate the air quality and health benefits associated with China’s stringent policies implemented during 2013-2015. The results show that the action plan led to a 21.5% reduction of population-weighted mean PM 2.5

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DECEMBER 8, 2019

In addition to having access to Québec’s vast water resources to generate green, renewable power at competitive prices, Hydro-Québec has everything it needs to support the development of green hydrogen. Québec has vast hydraulic resources in the form of some 500,000 lakes and 4,500 rivers. Heating buildings. Renewable natural gas.

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JUNE 2, 2009

The US Department of Energy has issued up to a $5-million Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000103) to solicit laboratory-level R&D projects to develop novel technologies for producing hydrogen from coal. Hydrogen can be produced domestically from various energy resources. NETL 2015 Membrane Targets. DE-FOA-0000103.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015) Earlier post.]

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. Credit: Chen et al., 2011 Click to enlarge. Henry, J.M.

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MAY 21, 2012

Overview of the Bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. Click to enlarge. pure methane).

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

BG Group has approved implementation of the first phase of a US$15-billion project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG—the first major commercial project to do so. Total gross discovered coal seam gas reserves and resources presently amount to an estimated 17.3 Coal seam gas and LNG. Source: QCLNG EIS. Become a 2.5%

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APRIL 28, 2023

Left: distribution of mining leases and forests in 2015. Mining leases are shown as white polygons overlying Landsat imagery for 1985 and 2015. Resources Sonter, L.J., Today, around 120 different species are commonly used. Mining in Brazil’s Amazon forest. Right: case study mining operations. Herrera, D., Barrett, D.J.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels did not grow in 2015 and are projected to rise only slightly in 2016, marking three years of almost no growth, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project. Decreased use of coal in China is the main reason behind the 3-year slowdown.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

The levelized cost of electricity analysis for H2 2015 shows onshore wind to be fully competitive against gas and coal in some parts of the world, while solar is closing the gap. Our report shows wind and solar power continuing to get cheaper in 2015, helped by cheaper technology but also by lower finance costs.

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JULY 10, 2023

According to a report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), emissions of mercury to the atmosphere increased by an estimated 20% from 2010 to 2015. In addition, an estimated 1,800 tonnes of mercury ended up in the soil and water in that same year. 2c00417

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JULY 22, 2011

The TCEP would integrate coal gasification, combined-cycle power generation, CO 2 capture, and. TCEP will begin delivering CO 2 to Whiting when the plant commences operations in late 2014 or early 2015; construction is scheduled to begin at the end of this year. urea production. CO 2 capture and shipment via pipeline shown at top.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The 2017 edition of the BP Energy Outlook , published today, forecasts that global demand for energy will increase by around 30% between 2015 and 2035, an average growth of 1.3% billion cars in 2015 to 1.8 Natural gas grows more quickly than either oil or coal over the Outlook, with demand growing an average 1.6% BP Outlook.

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MAY 15, 2015

Four of the charges are the direct result of the massive coal ash spill from the Dan River steam station into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina, in February 2014. Approximately 108 million tons of coal ash are currently held in coal ash basins owned and operated by the defendants in North Carolina.

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APRIL 18, 2018

coal, wood, and dung) for cooking and heating. billion people—one in three global citizens—were exposed to household air pollution from the use of solid fuels (for example, coal, wood, charcoal, dung, or other biomass) for cooking and heating. was industrial coal; transportation followed as a close second.

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely Auto has invested significant resources in the development and promotion of methanol-fueled engines and vehicles over a long period and has already made progress with this technology in China. cited one study showing that the full lifecycle (well-to-wheel) CO 2 emissions from M85 (with coal-derived methanol) are 2.5 and Gong, H.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

UC Berkeley chemists created the first such carbon-capture MOF in 2015, and subsequent versions have proved even more efficient at removing carbon dioxide from flue gases, such as those from a coal-fired power plant. This work was partly supported by the US Department of Energy. Haiyan Mao et al.

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AUGUST 21, 2011

Environment Canada released the text of the proposed regulations to reduce emissions from the coal-fired electricity sector. The proposed Regulations will apply a performance standard to new coal-fired electricity generation units and those coal-fired units that have reached the end of their economic life.

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JULY 19, 2011

For the report, central-station generation refers to >100 MW, with the exception of some renewable-resource-based technologies. Representative Cost and Performance of Power Generation Technologies (2015). Representative costs are reported in constant December 2010 US dollars. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge. Source: EPRI. Source: EPRI.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010 (a 10% increase from the year before); the total value of global fossil fuel subsidies is estimated at between $775 billion and more than $1 trillion in 2012, Two thirds of the renewable energy subsidies went to renewable electricity resources and the remaining third to biofuels.

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JULY 31, 2009

Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. By 2035, cellulosic ethanol and/or coal-and-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) fuels with carbon capture and storage could replace about 15% of current fuel consumption in the transportation sector (1.7–2.5 emissions, according to the report.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

While its increased burning of coal was known to exacerbate mercury emissions and air pollution, the MIT-led team estimates that Asia produces more than double the mercury emissions previously estimated. Given the pollution in China and India and increased use of coal, it does make sense. Resources. —Noelle Selin.

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APRIL 5, 2016

In a patent application published 1 December 2015, Altex described the basic approach for its synthetic fuels processes. coal, biomass, or waste—is heated in the absence of molecular oxygen to produce a solid containing char and ash and volatile gases. Carbonaceous materials—e.g., —Serge Randhava, CEO of Unitel.

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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AUGUST 14, 2015

Low SO 2 fluxes may indicate cities that benefit from lower coal usage or better smokestack pollution controls. Compared to natural gas, coal produces 150 to 400 times more PM for the same energy delivered. Muller (2015) “ Air Pollution in China: Mapping of Concentrations and Sources ”. Rohde, Richard A.

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JULY 17, 2017

Ozone is formed through a chemical reaction that occurs when sunlight interacts with nitrogen oxides and other organic compounds that are generated by coal-burning, vehicle exhaust and some natural sources. The team studied 89 healthy adults living in Changsha City, China, for one year. 2017.2842.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

China has large coal reserves, and methanol can be manufactured quite easily by gasifying coal. Comas-Vives A, Valla M, Copéret C, Sautet P (2015) “Cooperativity between Al Sites Promotes Hydrogen Transfer and Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation upon Dimethyl Ether Activation on Alumina.” ACS Central Science doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00226.

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MAY 14, 2018

International trade increased by more than 50% from 2005 to 2015, with approximately 60% of the increase tied to rising exports from developing countries. The success of international climate mitigation efforts may therefore depend on curtailing growth of coal-based energy and emissions in now-industrialising and urbanising countries.

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APRIL 24, 2011

million tonnes per year of LNG for 20 years from Australia Pacific LNG’s world-class coal seam gas resources and proposed LNG facility on Curtis Island, Gladstone in Queensland. Australia Pacific LNG’s first cargo is expected to be exported in 2015. The Sale and Purchase Agreement, worth an estimated A$90 billion (US$96.6

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JULY 8, 2015

According to the application, the plant would gasify blends of petroleum coke and coal to produce syngas that would fuel a combustion turbine to produce electricity. In 2013, terms of the agreement with Occidental of Elk Hills changed, and the applicant began seeking other buyers for the carbon dioxide and a new sequestration agreement.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This apparent inconsistency is explained by the response of the natural carbon cycle to the 2015–2016 El Niño event, but it raises important questions about our ability to detect a sustained change in emissions from the atmospheric record. Increases in coal use in China and the US are expected this year, reversing their decreases since 2013.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Beijing’s poor air quality is the result of emissions from vehicles, manufacturing plants, the use of coal for cooking, and other sources. Synthetic liquid fuels have been produced from resources such as natural gas for many decades. The World Bank reported that in 2015 that China produced approximately 2.08

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JULY 23, 2016

The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, with its consortium partners, has pledged an equivalent amount of resources, bringing the total bilateral effort to $50 million over 5 years. CERC-TRUCK program was announced in September 2015 by President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The program, which is scheduled to start in 2012, will affect about 63 large stationary sources that emit at least 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide—mainly coal- and gas-fired power plants, and oil and gas operations. Those sources include electric generators and the largest emission sources in the oil and gas sector.

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APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. Michalek, Paulina Jaramillo, and Roger Lueken (2015) “Emissions and Cost Implications of Controlled Electric Vehicle Charging in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas. —Covert et al. 30.1.117.

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